Birthday Bash weekend keeps sheriff’s office busy

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Jun 12, 2014 at 4:59 PMJun 12, 2014 at 4:59 PM

By Jim.Hayden@hollandsentinel.com(616) 546-4274

The B-93 Birthday Bash in Martin kept the Allegan County Sheriff’s Office busy.During the two-day country music festival at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park, the sheriff’s office made a total of 138 arrests and/or citations in and around the venue. There were 84 on Saturday, June 7, and 54 on Sunday, June 8.The most incidents on both days involved minors possessing alcohol, according to Capt. Frank Baker, with 25 incidents on June 7 and 23 on June 8.“Many additional incidents occurred but did not result in a formal police report, citation or arrest being made,” he said.Other incidents included operating while intoxicated, disorderly conduct, domestic assaults and use of marijuana.There were 56 arrests Saturday and 30 on Sunday, Baker said. There are normally about 15 people booked a day.

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